Linux-Hardware Digest #781, Volume #12 Mon, 1 May 00 18:13:12 EDT
Contents:
Re: IDE or SCSI CD-RW? (Lien-Fei Alex Chu)
Re: Q:RH 6.1 will not detect isapnp boca research fax data modem (33.6 Kbps) (M.
Buchenrieder)
Re: Linux woes (Compaq for one) on the horizon (Yanglong Zhu)
problems with SB16 PnP (Nils =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sch=E4le?=)
Unable to dial (Shawn Pringle)
presario 5220 (AznBoi2u)
YAMAHA CRW8424S and DAWICONTROL DC-2976UW problem ("puetter")
Re: Int 13h Device Not Found, BIOS not installed ("R. C. White")
Quake3 help ("Chad Wills")
Re: Linux woes (Compaq for one) on the horizon (Brian Moore)
Re: Linux woes (Compaq for one) on the horizon (Patrick Connors)
Printing problem (=?iso-8859-1?Q?H=E5vard?= Korsvoll)
Re: Best Linux server components questions (LhD Administrator)
Zip plus scsi not working (jc)
Re: Floppy format problem. (David C.)
Re: Zip plus scsi not working (David C.)
Re: IDE or SCSI CD-RW? (JEDIDIAH)
Re: reliable cheap modems for linux? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: 386 (D G)
cacheability of motherboard (D G)
Re: 386 (James Waldby)
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From: Lien-Fei Alex Chu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: IDE or SCSI CD-RW?
Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 12:20:19 -0400
Gary Flynn wrote:
> Michael Meissner wrote:
> >
> > Or find an external case that an internal CD-RW fits into. Dirt Cheap has a
> > case for $75 (you would need a Centronics->SCSI2 cable to connect to the
> > 2930's). You might look into a scsi frame for each of your computers, and a
> > removable module for the CD-RW, since it would save having to find a plug and
> > carry cables, etc. I have a 2930 on my system and it uses the standard Adaptec
> > drivers.
>
> Thanks. Its good to know those cards are in use elsewhere :)
>
> I'll look into the case idea.
>
You can get an external case for less than that price. Well, I got mine through
e-bay for about US$35 (include shipping).
However, I can't use it to listen to music (no audio output in the case). Second, I
don't know how to setup the jumper so that I can change the SCSI ID without open it
up... Thanks god that I don't need to change my SCSI device ID and I do not use
CD-RW to play music at all.
If you want to buy an external case for your internal SCSI CD-RW, make sure it can
satisfy your need,
Good luck.
Alex.
>
> gary
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
Subject: Re: Q:RH 6.1 will not detect isapnp boca research fax data modem (33.6 Kbps)
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 14:02:55 GMT
"Gadi Naor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>when activating the autodetection module from gui ,it fails
>any idea anyone
It's isapnp, therefor you'll have to use the isapnptools first.
Michael
--
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From: Yanglong Zhu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Linux woes (Compaq for one) on the horizon
Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 15:26:44 -0700
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"Tim Bækstrøm Laursen" wrote:
> On Mon, 01 May 2000, Yanglong Zhu wrote:
> >Hi all,
> >
> >I wake up to a horrific reality that some computer manufacturers may be
> >trying to suppress and uproot Linux and all other free Operating
> >Systems. How? They make computers that do not read nor write those free
> >OS bootdisks in drive A. It is a very bad trick upon us free OS users.
> >We must wake up and get together to fight this war.
> >
> >I bought a Compaq Presario 5834 two weeks ago. I bought this computer
> >with Linux in mind. But after days of trying and calling support service
> >reps, I'm left stranded with a computer not at all of any use to me. At
> >this moment, I don't know how widespread this phenomenon is. But I urge
> >everybody who loves these free OS and free softeware in general do a bit
> >investigation to monitor this computer industry's new move.
> >
> >I suspect that this kind of restriction of Linux and other free OSes are
> >implemented through BIOS and/or Hardware, therefore it could defeat the
> >Free Software Movement if we don't get together to fight it. Or are we
> >ready to devise FREE BIOS and FREE OS COMPATIBLE HARDWARE???
> >
> >This may be an over reaction. But it does pose the threatening
> >potential.
>
> Another conspiracy theorist I see...
>
> Considering Compaq's statements about Linux I find it hard to believe that they
> deliberately tries to make life more difficult for non MS users. However they do
> stuff their PC with custom hardware for witch you often need the standard
> Compaq drivers for, but that is mostly a problem with their portable PC's. Not
> being able to boot a Linux floppy sounds a bit strange to me. Have you tried
> the disc in another (non Compaq) machine? It could be that something is wrong
> with the disc, or (highly unlikely I know) that you did something wrong with it.
>
> - Tim -
I urge you to try install RHLinux on a Presario 5834 (or some thing similar) to
verify what I'm saying.
Its not so much a conspiracy against Linux. But this is for their profit, I guess.
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<tt>"Tim Bækstrøm Laursen" wrote:</tt>
<blockquote TYPE=CITE><tt>On Mon, 01 May 2000, Yanglong Zhu wrote:</tt>
<br><tt>>Hi all,</tt>
<br><tt>></tt>
<br><tt>>I wake up to a horrific reality that some computer manufacturers
may be</tt>
<br><tt>>trying to suppress and uproot Linux and all other free Operating</tt>
<br><tt>>Systems. How? They make computers that do not read nor write those
free</tt>
<br><tt>>OS bootdisks in drive A. It is a very bad trick upon us free OS
users.</tt>
<br><tt>>We must wake up and get together to fight this war.</tt>
<br><tt>></tt>
<br><tt>>I bought a Compaq Presario 5834 two weeks ago. I bought this computer</tt>
<br><tt>>with Linux in mind. But after days of trying and calling support
service</tt>
<br><tt>>reps, I'm left stranded with a computer not at all of any use
to me. At</tt>
<br><tt>>this moment, I don't know how widespread this phenomenon is. But
I urge</tt>
<br><tt>>everybody who loves these free OS and free softeware in general
do a bit</tt>
<br><tt>>investigation to monitor this computer industry's new move.</tt>
<br><tt>></tt>
<br><tt>>I suspect that this kind of restriction of Linux and other free
OSes are</tt>
<br><tt>>implemented through BIOS and/or Hardware, therefore it could defeat
the</tt>
<br><tt>>Free Software Movement if we don't get together to fight it. Or
are we</tt>
<br><tt>>ready to devise FREE BIOS and FREE OS COMPATIBLE HARDWARE???</tt>
<br><tt>></tt>
<br><tt>>This may be an over reaction. But it does pose the threatening</tt>
<br><tt>>potential.</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>Another conspiracy theorist I see...</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>Considering Compaq's statements about Linux I find it hard to believe
that they</tt>
<br><tt>deliberately tries to make life more difficult for non MS users.
However they do</tt>
<br><tt>stuff their PC with custom hardware for witch you often need the
standard</tt>
<br><tt>Compaq drivers for, but that is mostly a problem with their portable
PC's. Not</tt>
<br><tt>being able to boot a Linux floppy sounds a bit strange to me. Have
you tried</tt>
<br><tt>the disc in another (non Compaq) machine? It could be that something
is wrong</tt>
<br><tt>with the disc, or (highly unlikely I know) that you did something
wrong with it.</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>- Tim -</tt></blockquote>
<tt></tt>
<p><br><tt>I urge you to try install RHLinux on a Presario 5834 (or some
thing similar) to verify what I'm saying.</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>Its not so much a conspiracy against Linux. But this is for their
profit, I guess.</tt></html>
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From: Nils =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sch=E4le?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: problems with SB16 PnP
Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 22:41:12 +0200
Hi!
I have problems to configure my SB16 PnP Card under Linux.
when I compile my Kernel with sound (without using a module)
the sound card only works without support for 16bit dma
(io 0x220, irq 5, dma 1,1). when I set the 16bit dma to 5 (under windows
this setting works well) the sound card donsn't work any longer and I
got the follwing message in my messages-log:
Sound: DMA (output) timed out - IRQ/DRQ config error?
I thougth that is because my bios do not set up the 16bit dma for my
soundcard (in the bios output at boot-time it is not mention) so I tried
to use isapnp to configure my soundcard. If i does it that whay (without
using a kernelmodule for sound) isapnp gives a errormessage that the irq
etc. is in use by sb16. so I tried to use my a module for my soundcard.
( alias char-major-14 sb
post-install sb /sbin/modprobe "-k" "adlib_card"
options sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=5 mpu_io=0x330
options adlib_card io=0x388)
isapnp now set up my souncard without any problems. setting up the
soundmodule with modprobe -k sb works without any errormessage (
kernel: Soundblaster audio driver Copyright (C) by Hannu Savolainen
kernel: SB 4.16 detected OK (220)
kernel: <Sound Blaster 16 (4.16)> at 0x220 irq 5 dma 1,5
kernel: <Sound Blaster 16> at 0x330 irq 5 dma 0,0
kernel: YM3812 and OPL-3 driver Copyright (C) by Hannu Savolainen, Rob
kernel: <Yamaha OPL3> at 0x388
) and I can use the mixer of my soundcard (line in -> line out) but I
still have the problem with the 16bit dma (Sound: DMA (output) timed out
- IRQ/DRQ config error?).
anybody an idea how i can solve the problem ?
cu Nils
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From: Shawn Pringle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.setup.hardware
Subject: Unable to dial
Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 12:46:18 -0700
I have this call waiting feature and it changes the character of the
dial tone when there are messages. This keeps my modem from dialing.
Is there a wait string I can put in for this modem?
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From: AznBoi2u <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: presario 5220
Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 20:46:21 GMT
I have a compaq presario 5220. With it include a compaq cd-rom and a
superdisk.
If anyone have the same computer as i have and be able to use the cd-
rom and superdisk under mandrake 7, please send me the information on
how to make them work...
Also, I have a cd-rw drive 9300i and i don't know how to configure it.
Please help...
ps. After installation of mandrake 7, the os had manage to know the
type of cd-rom and disk drive but doesn't run when I click on the icon
on the desktop....
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From: "puetter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: YAMAHA CRW8424S and DAWICONTROL DC-2976UW problem
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 23:01:23 +0200
Hi,
I am trying to erase a CD-RW with cdrecord 1.8.1 under RED HAT 6.1, but I
only get an SCSI-bus-reset and the error message "can´t erase disc".
Any suggestions ?
Regards
Michael
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From: "R. C. White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: Int 13h Device Not Found, BIOS not installed
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 11:19:13 -0500
Reply-To: "R. C. White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Situation normal - and benign. It says the SCSI devices I found were =
not BOOT devices, so I didn't install the SCSI BIOS. ;<)
RC
--=20
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message =
news:8eivks$4a$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I just installed a Adaptec SCSI adapter into my computer which is
> an HP Vectra VL8, Pentium II 450, 128MB SDRAM. Anyway, I keep =
getting
> this message when I boot up the computer, but it seems the scsi =
adapter
> is able to detect a tape drive and cdrom writer that I have on the
> internal scsi chain, this is the 50pins connector.
>=20
> Here is what I see
>=20
> AHA-2940 BIOS v1.2
> (c) 1995 Adaptec
>=20
> Int 13h Device Not Found
> BIOS not installed
>=20
>=20
> Please can someone tell me how to get rid of this message and make it
> normal. It is plain annoying. Thanx
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From: "Chad Wills" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Quake3 help
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 16:06:33 -0500
I've got less than 10 days experience with Linux total, so my knowledge
level is not quite up there with yet. I'm starting to get into it, and my
first goal was to get Quake3 working with my TNT2 Ultra card with dual
celery 400's. I got XFree86 4 installed along with the Nvidia drivers
pretty much without any problems and Quake3 runs. I'm getting just under
50fps at 800X600 with some low detail settings. As a comparison, here is
how each of my OS's run Q3 on demo001:
Windows 98 - 64 fps
WinNT4(SMP Off) - 72.6 fps
WinNT4(SMP On) - 92.2 fps
Win2K(SMP Off) - 68.3 fps
Win2K(SMP On) - 84.4 fps
Linux(SMP Off) - 49.1 fps
Linux(SMP On) - 48.4 fps
I know SMP in Q3 isn't supported yet on Linux, even if it was, there isn't
enough driver speed for the videocard to push it up anyway, a single cpu can
handle all the tasks by itself at that speed. I'm not Linux bashing or
gloating about windows in any form here, just showing comparisons. Each OS
has it's own niche on my machine. I'm only having one problem that I can't
seem to solve. The mouse is extremely choppy to an unplayable state in Q3
on Linux. I've tried turning dgamouse on and off in XF86Config, along with
enabling/disabling in_dgamouse within Q3, none of it has any affect. The
mouse is a Logitech Gaming Mouse(PS/2 port, 3 button). Is there anything
else I can try here? Is there a way to disable the XF86Config mouse support
along with using a different mouse driver? It's not the biggest problem in
the world, as NT4 is still my Quake3 OS, and probably will be for awhile
until Win2K stabalizes or the Linux drivers get more polished. But if
anyone could help, it would be appreciated.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brian Moore)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Linux woes (Compaq for one) on the horizon
Date: 1 May 2000 17:22:07 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <8eifpi$m8n$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Todd Knarr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
...
>
>And it's trivial to work around, if you know computer hardware. Just
>find the model of motherboard in the machine, and go to a BIOS upgrade
>vendor and get a new BIOS for it that _does_ include floppy-boot or
>CD-ROM-boot support. Flash it in, end of problem. While the computer
>makers might remove floppy-boot support, the BIOS makers themselves
>won't for very obvious reasons ( think Flash ROM upgrades or initial
>installs on blank machines ).
>
>--
>Collin was right. Never give a virus a missile launcher.
> -- Erk, Reality Check #8
Maybe I'm dense, but how do you upgrade the BIOS when the floppy
will not boot? I guess you could make a bootable CD with the upgrade?
Or make a new place to boot from on the hd?
Recently I downloaded a BIOS upgrade from Gateway. I have an old
75 MHz board and I was trying to put a new 10Gb disk in it. The old
BIOS would not recognize the disk. The new BIOS recognized the new
hd fine (and now finds the CD also, which is nice), but it no longer
sees the floppy!
I'm trying to figure out how I would change the BIOS now even if
I could find another one that does what I want.
--
Brian G. Moore, School of Science, Penn State Erie--The Behrend College
[EMAIL PROTECTED] , (814)-898-6334
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From: Patrick Connors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Linux woes (Compaq for one) on the horizon
Date: 1 May 2000 21:28:15 GMT
Yanglong --
It could be that the machine is set up to boot from the hard-drive, then
the CD Rom, then the floppy disk last. I just bought an HP laptop and
that's how it was set up. Check the BIOS set-up.
-- Pat Connors
Tim Bækstrøm Laursen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: On Mon, 01 May 2000, Yanglong Zhu wrote:
: >Hi all,
: >
: >I wake up to a horrific reality that some computer manufacturers may be
: >trying to suppress and uproot Linux and all other free Operating
: >Systems. How? They make computers that do not read nor write those free
: >OS bootdisks in drive A. It is a very bad trick upon us free OS users.
: >We must wake up and get together to fight this war.
: >
: >I bought a Compaq Presario 5834 two weeks ago. I bought this computer
: >with Linux in mind. But after days of trying and calling support service
: >reps, I'm left stranded with a computer not at all of any use to me. At
: >this moment, I don't know how widespread this phenomenon is. But I urge
: >everybody who loves these free OS and free softeware in general do a bit
: >investigation to monitor this computer industry's new move.
: >
: >I suspect that this kind of restriction of Linux and other free OSes are
: >implemented through BIOS and/or Hardware, therefore it could defeat the
: >Free Software Movement if we don't get together to fight it. Or are we
: >ready to devise FREE BIOS and FREE OS COMPATIBLE HARDWARE???
: >
: >This may be an over reaction. But it does pose the threatening
: >potential.
: Another conspiracy theorist I see...
: Considering Compaq's statements about Linux I find it hard to believe that they
: deliberately tries to make life more difficult for non MS users. However they do
: stuff their PC with custom hardware for witch you often need the standard
: Compaq drivers for, but that is mostly a problem with their portable PC's. Not
: being able to boot a Linux floppy sounds a bit strange to me. Have you tried
: the disc in another (non Compaq) machine? It could be that something is wrong
: with the disc, or (highly unlikely I know) that you did something wrong with it.
: - Tim -
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?H=E5vard?= Korsvoll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Printing problem
Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 23:30:31 +0200
I have problem with setting up my printer.
It seems that linux doesn't recognize any printer on the parallel port.
When I type 'lptest > /dev/lp0',
lp1 or lp2 as root it responds 'No such unit'.
The printer works fine under Windows.
What can be the problem
Håvard
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From: LhD Administrator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Best Linux server components questions
Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 21:18:41 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> What components work well for you? As in motherboard, CPU, hard drive
> (ultradma or SCSI?), SCSI card, video card, NICs, and tape backup
drive?
>
SCSI is really best for servers, IDE still has performance and
stability issues. For component ratings and reviews, make sure to check
out LhD, http://www.linhardware.com and various Linux-specific review
sites we link to.
--
LhD Administrator
Linux Hardware Database
http://www.linhardware.com
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Before you buy.
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From: jc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Zip plus scsi not working
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 14:16:45 -0700
Hi,
I've been using the imm for Zip plus and it works great, only thing is
speed. So i recently purchaces a DB68 to DB25 cable and tried insmod imm,
but the last 2 lines gave an error message saying device is busy. The scsi
card is a Tekram 360F, which detects my cdr perfectly.
I then tried the the DB68 to DB25 cable on win2k, and here i it didn't
detect both zip drive and cdr, win98 only sees the cdr.
Tried changing the scsi id at the back of the zip drive, no change. any
ideas?
jc
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Floppy format problem.
Date: 01 May 2000 17:41:50 -0400
fred smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> My fairly extensive experience with this pain has taught me that this
> process works ONLY if done in this way:
>
> 1. begin with a new 360k diskette that has never before been used or
> formatted.
> 1a. In lieu of a new one, I'd expect that a used one that has been
> bulk-erased (with, e.g., a magnetic tape bulk eraser) would be
> equivalent, though I don't personally have a bulk eraser to try it
> with.
> 2. Format the 360k diskette on a 1.2m drive.
> 3. Having done that, you can then WRITE on it with the 1.2 meg drive,
> and can also READ it on either a 1.2 or a 360.
> 4. If you EVER write on it with the 360, then subsequently remove
> files or reformat again with the 1.2, it will NEVER again work
> reliably on the 360. Even reformatting on the 360 does not solve
> the problem.
>
> My take on this is this: Having written with the 360 you've written
> tracks at the wider track width. Subsequent manipulations on the 1.2
> write a narrow track width. This leaves the narrow track down the
> middle of the older data on the wide track. The 1.2 can read this
> fine, but the 360 then gets a mixture of the two different
> write-events and simply cannot cope.
What you say is true for some drives. The 1.2M drives that IBM shipped
in their PC/AT systems definitely created this problem, which is why IBM
said that 360K disks were unreliable when used in 1.2M drives.
There are, however, drives that don't have this problem. My 1.2M drive
(made by Teac, FWIW) never had problems like this. I regularly passed
disks between it and the 360K drives (made by Copal, FWIW) from my
XT-clone.
Your advice is sound if you know nothing about the drives that will be
involved in the transfer, but may be unnecessary for some combination of
drives.
-- David
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.)
Subject: Re: Zip plus scsi not working
Date: 01 May 2000 17:50:12 -0400
jc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> I've been using the imm for Zip plus and it works great, only thing is
> speed. So i recently purchaces a DB68 to DB25 cable and tried insmod
> imm, but the last 2 lines gave an error message saying device is
> busy. The scsi card is a Tekram 360F, which detects my cdr perfectly.
Your 68-pin connector is wide-SCSI. The Zip's 25-pin connector is
narrow-SCSI. Is your cable properly terminating the upper-half of the
bus? If not, your drive will not work.
Second, why are you using "imm"? That driver's only for the parallel
port. The Zip support should show up automatically if you have a
working drive installed for your SCSI card and proper cabling.
> I then tried the the DB68 to DB25 cable on win2k, and here i it didn't
> detect both zip drive and cdr, win98 only sees the cdr.
Sounds like bad cabling. Make sure everything's terminated properly.
-- David
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (JEDIDIAH)
Subject: Re: IDE or SCSI CD-RW?
Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 21:49:58 GMT
On Mon, 01 May 2000 14:49:54 -0400, Gary Flynn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>JEDIDIAH wrote:
>>
>> If you're just going to be using low speed devices then Tekram
>> sells a $30 PCI that should fit the bill quite nicely for you.
>
>Thanks, I'll look into it.
>
>>
>> Whether or not treating two classes of devices that are supposed
>> to act similarly is a kludge or not, it works well enough in
>> practice. There really are no significant constraints going one
>> way or the other with this.
>
>I was just thinking of one more driver to maintain, one more possible
>incompatibility to worry about, and possibly internal overhead in
>the translation process. I guess its a fact of life I'll have to
>accept :)
Well, it's either an extra SCSI card driver or a generic
ATA->SCSI translator. I would expect ide-scsi to be the
easier thing to deal with actually...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: reliable cheap modems for linux?
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 14:07:30 -0600
In article <8e7pb4$r2b$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (god-eater)
wrote:
>
> Hello, I'm looking for recommendations on reliable internal/external
> modems for use with Linux. I have many friends with "winmodems" and
> I'd like to be able to recommend a decent replacement, *price* being
> the driving factor, so that they can use Linux as well.
I use Pheobe (or is it Phoebe). Got it over a year ago for $35, likely
cheaper now. Has jumpers, is internal ISA and 56K.
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From: D G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 386
Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 14:58:47 -0700
John Wilson wrote:
>
> I have an old 386 & a 486 lying around the office, and a load of files that
> rarely get used but have to be on the network just in case.
>
> Can I use linux on one of the old machines? If so which sort? Corel, Red
> Hat, whatever?
Yes. Just make sure you select only the packages you'll need. ftp or
nfs for file transfer, telnet for maintenance and some sort of archive
and/or compression utility (gzip, bzip, zip, tar, cpio, etc.) should be
all you need.
>
> Can I have long file names with linux?
Yes.
> Is there a hard drive size limit?
Yes, but it's probably in the Terabyte range.
>
> As you probably have gathered I am a complete novice at this linux business.
> I don't want any applications, possibly not even a monitor - just as box to
> hold these files on the network just in case they are needed.
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From: D G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: cacheability of motherboard
Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 15:03:26 -0700
I want to add more memory to keep linux from swapping.
I have an i810 based motherboard capable of holding 2dimms for 512MB of
memory. According to intel, the celeron can cache much more than 512MB
of memory. Is there any reason the i810 chipset on the motherboard
might limit the cacheability to less than 512MB?
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From: James Waldby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: 386
Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 22:07:43 GMT
John Wilson wrote:
>
> I have an old 386 & a 486 lying around the office, and a load of files that
> rarely get used but have to be on the network just in case.
>
> Can I use linux on one of the old machines? If so which sort? Corel, Red
> Hat, whatever?
Yes, linux should work ok on them. But it might be easier
to install an older distribution, such as 4.2 or 5.2 Redhat,
or a small distribution from http://www.linuxrouter.org or
http://www.coyotelinux.com or a manually-configured distribution,
such as slackware. Older distributions should install ok
if you have a couple hundred megabytes of disk and 4+ megabytes
of ram, but would have old kernels. The small distributions
would be a better choice and adequate for file-serving.
> Can I have long file names with linux? Is there a hard drive size limit?
Yes, long names are allowed.
Hard drive size -- Should have no linux problems with drives up to
8 GB and beyond on these machines, but their bioses might bonk out
for drives beyond 2 GB. Linux would still work ok but you might
have to manually specify drive geometries. Note, some 386 bioses
don't support ide drives, in which case you couldn't use an ide
drive as a boot device.
> As you probably have gathered I am a complete novice at this linux business.
> I don't want any applications, possibly not even a monitor - just as box to
> hold these files on the network just in case they are needed.
>
> Thanks for any tips
>
> John
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